More than $45,000 of lodging donated to active duty families, more than 40,000 Toys donated for Pitt County children in need and more than 15,000 books donated for children at Vidant Medical Center
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Motor Sports Annual Christmas Toy Run: About 75 riders led by Greenville Motorcycle Police Officer Aaron circled Greenville and delivered over 350 toys to Pitt County’s Toys for Tots Chair Lee Pascasio along with over $250 in donations. Pascasio addressed the group, “The economy is not getting better any time soon, so on behalf of the many underprivileged children in Pitt County we thank you. When children receive a new toy Christmas morning, they see that people really care about them. It gives them a new ray of hope. Christmas is very much about our little children and, of course, baby Jesus.”
Detachment 1186 will host a VA public forum on September 5th to discuss the opening of a new VA clinic in Greenville, NC. Representatives from the VA Medical Center in Durham NC will be present and answer questions. The event begins at 11am and will be held at the American Legion.
Congressman Walter B. Jones presented a flag flown over the United States Capitol in honor of GySgt Francis Eddings. Grace Eddings accepted the flag on behalf of her late husband and member of the Down East Detachment. Commandant Balow was in attendance.
Thanks to Ferguson for helping us deliver thousands of books donated by Scholastic for the Children’s Hospital at Vidant.
